Pittsburgh’s Mayoral Race & The Path Forward
An OPN Special Report The upcoming Mayoral primary election on May 20 signifies another crossroads for the city of Pittsburgh—and a choice of which path to […]
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Dreams Come True When You’re CMU
By Junction Coalition In 2009, as Barack Obama settled into his first term as president and future Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto campaigned for another term […]
Multi-Community Coalition Rejects Mon-Oakland Mobility Plan
The proposed route of the controversial Mon-Oakland Connector project An OPN News Special Report The History An August 29, 2015 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article announced the […]
Preserving Our Parks
By Chris Zurawsky Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park was once a horseback riding haven. While the stables and a racetrack are long gone, the Bridle Trail remains—a […]
Mon-Oakland Link Opponents Demand Transparency
An OPN News Special Report With the Fall 2018 release of Pittsburgh’s Amazon bid titled Future. Forged. For All., citizens learned the details of the […]
Making Pittsburgh Great Again?
URA/Private Partners Renew Push For Controversial Project OPN‘s investigative article in March 2016 about a Public/Private partnership formed between the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), University […]
URA Files Suspect Development Grant Without Consulting Residents
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article on August 29, 2015, revealing that one month earlier, on July 31, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh submitted […]